[Tlhingan-hol] tlhIngan Monopoly vISuq rIntaH!

Terrence Donnelly terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net
Tue Dec 6 09:27:13 PST 2011


With rare exceptions (such as a few brand-new words - which I assume MO did create, because who would have the cojones to make up a word and pass it off as his), I've decided to treat this particular source as if it did not exist.

-- ter'eS

--- On Tue, 12/6/11, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:52 AM,
> David Trimboli <david at trimboli.name>
> wrote:
> > {nuqDaq puH Duj vIngIp} is how Okrand chose to
> translate "where can I hire a car?"
> 
> It's not clear that it was Okrand who *chose* that
> phrasing. As I
> understand it, he became involved in the TalkNow! project
> rather late,
> after many of the phrases had been translated. He made some
> changes,
> corrections, and additions, and he might have been
> exclusively
> responsible for this one, but I have decided not to treat
> this
> particular source with as much "reverence" as I give to a
> work such as
> Klingon for the Galactic Traveler.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
> 
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